Sports: Re: [DucatiST] Travelling to Italy in July

Guys, that is ridiculous. I'm going to Sicily in May and I'm thinking
about hiring a Monster. There's more than one moto hire place in
Sicily but, for example, http://www.sicilymotorent.it/en/tariffe/
is hiring M696s for Eur450 p.w. OK, that's twice the price of a
small car, but in Europe, where motorcycle hire is unusual, I wouldn't
complain. $3000 is outrageous, or has Google messed up on translation?
Maybe that's the deposit?

A quick google reveals:
ST3s hire Eur1555 for two weeks in Rome from
http://www.cimt.it/ducati_rental.htm
or M695 for Eur 1345 for two weeks. That's still a bit steep, but was
the first hit that I got.

If I were you, I'd spend a bit more time searching. Do you know that
you can put URLs into Google translate and have Italian websites shown
in English? (and they work, so that you can follow links, make bookings
and so on.)

If you've got ventilated riding gear I recommend that you take it with
you!

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Jan

On Fri, 1 Mar 2013, d.leth wrote:

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> Hey folks: My gf and I are headed to Rome, Italy in July and we both ride at home and we're hoping to find a couple
> of bikes to rent (or beg, borrow or [temporarily] steal :) ) for two weeks so we can tour the countryside before a
> tour that we've purchased takes us further north for another two weeks.
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> Would anyone on the list know of a reliable company in Rome through which we might procure a couple of Ducs for a
> reasonable price? We've searched online and found the pricing rather steep (that's putting it mildly!!!) so we're
> hoping somebody can help us.
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> If you can, please provide contact information.
>
> As a thought, would you folks be surprised to learn that for one bike for two weeks we're looking at about $3000 US?
> (we just don't have $6000 for the endeavour :( ).
>
> THanks for any and all advice!
>
> Cheers
>
> Dic (& Ellen, who is the ST2 rider)
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